Snippet #2707253

The rest of the night was quiet. Kevin had little to do apart from talking to the others which wasn’t doing him any good at the moment, although he did believe that the information that Val had given him was going to be vital to his escape and he did plan on escaping. He shifted back to his bat form and went back into his enclosure as did the rest of the therians. The next afternoon he was surprised when a lab tech came into the nocturnal house and took him into the back medical room.
“You can shift to your normal form now.” The tech told him. Kevin reluctantly began to shift to his human form.
“What are you going to do?” he asked, trying to hide the fear in his voice.
“Nothing too unbearable. At least not this time.” The tech replied. His eyes looking apologetic over the top of his paper mask. “Just some simple blood work and a couple tests.” Kevin lied down on the medical table and the tech inserted the needle into his arm and drew a substantial amount of blood. He put a label on the vile and put it on a rack with a bunch of others that seemed to be filled as well. He then strapped Kevin to the table using the leather restraints attached to the table.
“Now the tests.” The tech said almost cringing. “I need to test your pain threshold. Please keep in mind that I’m only doing my job and I don’t enjoy this. I just need you to tell me when the pain is too much to bear.”
“What are you going to use to do this?” Kevin asked a little bit worried now.
“It won’t be pleasant, but I’m going to use these.” The tech said holding up a pair of electrode pads. “So as not to be life threatening, they will be hooked up to your abdomen. Just let me know when it hurts too much and I’ll turn off the power.”
The tech attached the electrodes to Kevin’s abs. He turned on the machine they were hooked up to and turned a knob and Kevin felt a tingle in his muscles.
“Kind of tickles.” Kevin told him. The tech turned up the knob taking notes as he did. Little by little as the voltage increased, the tingle turned into a sting, then pain. As the tech turned the knob to the half-way point, the pain got so bad that Kevin began to shift uncontrollably between his where-bat form and his human form. He clenched his teeth and struggled against the restraints. “Enough! It’s too much!” He shouted.
The tech turned the power off and recorded the results in his notes. “You did really well, thank you for not trying to kill me.”
“Believe me the thought crossed my mind, but I’m saving that pleasure for your boss.” Kevin growled.
“I’ll be sure not to stand in your way.” The tech replied dryly having heard all the threats before. “Be sure to burn the body when you’re done, to make sure he’s dead.” He chuckled.
“Now the next test. We’re going to test your biology. It’s been documented that therians heal quickly as they shift. The faster you shift between your phases, the faster you’ll heal.”
“Why do I get the feeling it’s going to be less than enjoyable?”
“Again I ask you to remember that I’m just doing my job. I’m going to insert a sharp instrument into your body and then measure the time it takes for the wound to heal.”
“You’re going to stab me?!” Kevin shouted.
“Well, yeah I guess you could put it that way. Are you ready?”
“No!” he shouted again.
“Too bad, here it comes.” He replied as he stabbed Kevin in the leg with a scalpel about two inched into his thigh and jiggled it to make the wound big enough to observe before pulling it out.
“Ahhh, you bastard!” He said this time without shouting. He began to shift as fast as he could and within a few minutes the wound was fully healed without so much as a scar.
“Alright, that’s all for the tests.” The tech said as he undid the restraints. “If you shift back to your bat form, I’ll return you to your enclosure.”
“Fine, but you owe me for that.” He growled at the tech. He then shifted to his bat form and the tech returned him to his enclosure.
After the visitors had all left the zoo, Kevin shifted to his human form. He saw Lyle come back to his enclosure in his hyena form. “Hey man, what’s the deal with the tests here?”
“Ooo, they give you a taste of old sparky? Did ya make it past half way on the dial?” Lyle laughed.
“Barely. What’s the deal? Are they try to make us stronger or break us down?”
“Does it matter? The tests will only get worse from there. Wait till they find genetic weakness in your blood and use them against you.”
“That’s what the blood was for?! I thought they were going to try some stupid idea like cloning.”
“Don’t give them ideas.”